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Title: Fortunio Bonanova and Herminia De Ruffo, Los Angeles, 1936
Contributor: Weissman, Len
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa July 28, 1936]
1936-07-28
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
A cropped version of this photo appears with the article, “Around Town With Chatterbox,” Los Angeles Times, 29 July 1936: A7
From left to right, Fortunio Bonanova and Herminia de Ruffo sit behind a table at the Ambassador Turf and Field Club. Fortunio Bonanova holds a drink in his hand while he turns his head to the right. Beside him, at center, Herminia de Ruffo sits and gazes off towards the left. She wears a wide-brimmed hat. Another man sits in partial view along the left edge. A signed wall stretches behind them.
Text from newspaper caption: Herminia de Ruffo Len Weissman photo. [Los Angeles Times, 29 Jul. 1936: A7]
Text from negative sleeve: 6133—Fortunio Bona Nova (Baritone + actor?) Herminia de Ruffo society [stamped:] JUL 2[?] 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14414
ark:/21198/zz002j80k3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Eating & drinking--California--Los Angeles
Upper class--California--Los Angeles
Opera singers
Bonanova, Fortunio, 1895-1969
De Ruffo, Herminia
Ambassador Hotel
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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